Medical Students Get a Second Chance Outside the USA

St. George’s University School of Medicine, on Grenada’s southwest corner, has been the training ground for some 7,700 doctors licensed to practice in the United States.

NYT: For students having a hard time getting into medical school in the United States, St. George’s is their second chance. For decades, American medical schools have vilified their Caribbean counterparts for providing a substandard education for students who were weak to begin with. But some schools may be proving the medical establishment wrong.

Thousands of Caribbean graduates — roughly 7,700 from St. George’s alone — are licensed to practice in the United States.

St. George has tried to ensure the success of its students by paying hospitals to take them for their third- and fourth-year clinical rotations, which lead to those all-important residencies. It has entered into a $100 million, 10-year contract with the corporation for 600 spots. Last academic year, St. George’s placed 2,326 students in rotations in 98 American cities.